tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post5396845054647478493..comments2024-03-27T21:25:22.349-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Is Universal Pre K a Waste of Money? John Stossel Says, "Yes!Lisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-17890835518785339272009-03-19T16:15:00.000-04:002009-03-19T16:15:00.000-04:00@Mike,Sorry to hear that. It's another example of ...@Mike,<BR/>Sorry to hear that. It's another example of banning the tool rather than addressing the issue. Most things can be use for multiple purposes, but shouldn't be banned just because that is the case. As my colleague Alan November has asked, "If a student was found passing an inappropriate note in class, would we ban paper?" No! We should be dealing with the behavior. Sadly it seems your district has handled this issue by simply removing an innocent url. The teachers who are not responsibly using this site will likely just find another site to "abuse" or use FB on their cells. <BR/><BR/>One day, I hope administrators will understand that the key is not banning, but rather encouraging safe, acceptable, appropriate, and educationally-sound use of technology and providing consequences for actions not consistent with this.Lisa Nielsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-11674404819803070872009-03-19T16:02:00.000-04:002009-03-19T16:02:00.000-04:00I'm Mike from the above thread BTW. My school dis...I'm Mike from the above thread BTW. My school district just blocked Facebook from teachers. Too much overuse by some teachers, so all of us get blocked now. Trouble is, though I run a blog, I get my best conversations going in Facebook, like above (though it was in the PM). I'd see something during the school day, post it in Facebook, and get comments. Now that's gone. I'm not sure how to approach this to the tech folks here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com